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December’s auto market noticed plugin EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, up from 23.4% 12 months on 12 months. Full 12 months 2025 noticed EVs at 30.0% share, decently up from 20.3% YoY. Total December auto quantity was 246,439 models, up some 10% YoY. Full 12 months 2025 auto quantity was 2,858,591 models, up 1% from 2024. The Volkswagen ID.7 was Germany’s best-selling BEV in December, and in addition for full-year 2025.
December noticed mixed EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, with full battery electrics (BEVs) at 22.2% and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) at 12.3%. These examine with YoY figures of 23.4% mixed, 14.9% BEV and eight.5% PHEV.
Full 12 months 2025 plugin share was 30.0%, up from 20.3% in 2024. BEVs grew from 13.5% to 19.1% YoY. whereas PHEVs grew to 10.9% from 6.8%.
That is the primary 12 months that the German EV transition has been going within the “proper course” because the finish of 2022. Simply as a reminder, 2022 noticed plugin share of 31.4%, with BEVs at 17.8% and PHEVs at 13.7%.
Stepping again – 1.3% extra market share (17.8% to 19.1%) accruing to BEVs over a 3 12 months interval… is just not nice. A extra optimistic view, nevertheless, would level to the respectable 2025 turn-around in comparison with the depressing 2023 and 2024, and preserve hope for that turn-around spirit to take care of its momentum, doubtlessly bringing extra ahead progress in 2026. We must see what occurs.
Finest-Promoting Fashions
The Volkswagen ID.7 was but once more one of the best promoting BEV in December, with 2,934 models registered. The Skoda Elroq took second place, and the Volkswagen ID.3 took third.
The ultimate quarter of 2025 noticed the Volkswagen ID.7 simply forward of group siblings, the Skoda Elroq and Volkswagen ID.3, the identical sample because the December finale.
Full-year 2025 additionally noticed the Volkswagen ID.7 take the highest spot, with the ID.3 in second and the ID.4/ID.5 in third place.
Recall 2024’s full-year end result, which noticed the Tesla Mannequin Y take the lead with nearly 30,000 models registered. The Mannequin Y has misplaced 59% of its Germany market quantity in 2025, an enormous disappointment on condition that it’s made in Germany.
Volkswagen Group fashions now dominate the rankings, with 8 of the highest 10 positions, and several other extra additional down the desk.
Outlook
What’s the prospect that the respectable change in momentum seen in 2025 can be sustained all through 2026, and put Germany’s EV transition again on the observe that it established within the 2019 to 2022 interval? What do you assume this 12 months holds in retailer for Germany’s auto market? Please soar into the feedback under and be a part of within the dialog.
Word: I’ll be shifting from a month-to-month to a quarterly schedule for our European EV market experiences this 12 months. That is partly as a result of change in European EV markets is now relatively gradual and counter-revolutionary. This appears to have been agreed upon by the political and capitalist elites in Europe, which advantages the latter by ICE rent-seeking from us shoppers. The transfer to quarterly reporting can be partly as a result of I’ve college commitments which sadly go away me little spare time for extra frequent reporting. My apologies for this, and I thanks on your understanding.
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